All ɫTV articles in 26 November 2010 – Page 3

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    Durable timber

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Exterior screens made from Accoya wood have been used to manufacture the exterior screens of the University of Florida’s entry into this year’s Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 event.The design is based on a traditional “cracker house”, which were prevalent in late 19th century Florida.It features a covered open porch with ...

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    Two more senior figures walk out on Davis Langdon

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    A further two senior staff members have left Davis Langdon in the latest round of high-profile departures since the QS was bought by US engineering giant Aecom.

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    Darling, you were marvellous

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Bennetts’ sensitive conversion of the RSC’s Stratford theatre is a palpable hit, writes Ike Ijeh, and should have audiences in raptures

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    My digital life: Nick Cullen

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    What’s your favourite website?

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    Irish crisis spreads to UK as McCabe suspends site work

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Irish contractor stops work on UK sites as it awaits decision from banking rescue fund

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    Dismissing contractors

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    An employer who finds a defect during construction may be tempted to dismiss the contractor. But the contractor can fire back that the work shouldn’t be judged until it’s finished

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    How grim is construction up North?

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    In the beleaguered North, public sector spending cuts are biting deeper for local contractors already defending their patch from the attentions of the big boys. ɫTV looks at how bad it is, and asks three contractors how they’re coping

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    No complaints: Holystone vs Volker Stevin

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Here’s a court case of an adjudication that went to enforcement, in which all four arguments a party used in its defence were defeated …

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    How to claim interest

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    There is no common-law right to interest when someone is late paying you, so providing for it in the contract is best. Even without that, you’ve still got a fighting chance

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    Capita and DTZ sign up for free schools programme

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Consultants join law firm Dickinson Dees in taking roles on first wave of controversial scheme

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    Housing stats: New build sales and completions in October

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    This month’s data reveals that the South-east has the highest number of completions

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    Civil Justice Centre in Bristol opens

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Associated Architects unveils it’s seven-storey building

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    Wonders & blunders with Bruce Kennedy

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    BDP’s director is inspired by New York’s forward-looking Rockefeller Centre, built in dark economic times, but regrets the retrogressive timidity of SOM’s One World Trade Centre

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    Multi-service chilled beams

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Active multi-service chilled beams from Trox have been installed in a six-storey office development in Cardiff to help cut energy use. The 3 Assembly Square development sitsopposite the National Assembly for Wales’ Senedd building. The multi-service chilled beams incorporate a lighting management system, including PIR sensors, to optimise energy consumption ...

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    Local authorities and housebuilding

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities are using their new powers to cancel planned housing schemes, but that doesn’t mean housebuilders should just sit back, says Chris Cobbold

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    British architects targeted by Chinese fraudsters

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Broadway Malyan and Aedas among those to have identities faked by firms bidding for work in China

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    Melbourne office by Wilkinson Eyre Architects: Uni glow

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Melbourne office of Sinclair Knight Merz have been appointed to design a building for the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. A six-storey block will “float” above a retained street-level Victorian facade. The development will form part of the university’s Hawthorn Campus.Send your project ...

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    PFI alternatives: A change of route

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    The damning National Audit Office report on the M25 widening scheme is the latest sign that PFI might be nearing the end of the road. But what are the alternatives?

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    Kulveer Ranger: The London mayor’s transport adviser

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Cuts to the tube upgrade, renegotiated contracts on Crossrail, delays to major transport projects … who’d be transport adviser to London’s mayor? Well, Kulveer Ranger is and he’s confident he is on the right track

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    Academia isn’t up to the job

    2010-11-26T00:00:00Z

    University research consistently fails to address the practical realities of construction. What we need is industry people in academic posts controlling the purse strings